It stars Omar Sharif, Khaled El Nabawy, Basma and Cyrine Abdelnour.

The three days of Hassan's life represents key events in modern Egyptian history: the first is the Nakba in 1948, the second is the 6 October War in 1973, and the third is 9/11 in 2001.

Autumn 1948, Port Said, Hassan's first day at work when he receives a telegram and decides to meet the beautiful and thrill-loving Nura by impersonating her long-distant fiancé.

Hassan is in the city to meet Nadia, Nura's daughter, who is mourning her brother who has just died in a seaside accident.

Hassan meets Alì, Nadia's son where he observes numerous similarities with the young man.